(ET)
Hydro power generation in India is all set to increase by 3.5 per cent in the current financial year even as dry winter (63 per cent below normal rainfall in January and February) has impacted generation in the last quarter. Scanty rains has decreased the overall hydro power generation by 15 per cent in February as projects are affected in North, West and Eastern region by falling water levels in rivers.
Lack of snowfall in North this year has already shrunk generation at country’scountry’s largest hydro power company, National Hydro Power Corporation by half in the month of February and also affected projects in of other power companies in North, West and Eastern.
“Despite less precipitation in winters, the power generation is expected to show marginal growth over the last year due to efficient utilization of capacities,” a senior official at National Hydro Power Corporation told.
